Scouring device



April 29, 1924. 7 1,492,099

R.'B. KINGMAN SCOURING DEVICE Filed Nov. 17. 1922 Tlftill- WITNESSIIVI/E/VTOR )g I 77 055611. 3. Mme/ mm QA/VWMMM A TTOH/VE VS aten tedApr. 29, 1924. i

i i. 7 "t E s I re RUSSELL B. KINGMAN, F ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIG-NORTO THE CHORE UTENSILS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A.

JERSEY.

CORPORATION OF NEW SCOUBING DEVICE.

"Application filed November 17, 1922. Serial No. 601,477.

and more particularly to devices of this kind used for cleaning orscouring pots and pans or the like. Such devices are commonly made inthe form of gloves fitting over the hand of the user, and the fabric ofthe gloves is composed of spaced threads, .the threads running in onedirection being surrounded entirely or partly by thin strands of sheetmetal, say copper. These threads, for reasons of effectiveness duringuse of the article, are spaced relatively far apart, and consequentlythe finger-tips of the person using such glove will come in contact withthe object to be scoured, through the loose meshes of the fabric and arethus liable to be soiled. Moreover, gloves have the disadvantage thatthey are made to surround the whole hand, while, as a matter of fact,only a very small portion of the glove will be used, viz, that portionwhich lies between the finger-tips and the object to be scoured.

It is the purpose of the present invention to overcome these drawbacks,and I have attained this object by devising an article in which asufficient thickness of material and preferably several layers of fabricare interposed between the finger tips of the person, using it and theobject to be scoured, and in which the space for the insertion of thefingers is just sufficient for the purpose to be accomplished. Theseobjects and the advantages of my invention will appear fully from thedescription following hereinafter, and the novel features will bepointed out in the appended claims.

Without desiring to restrict myself to the details shown, .I haveillustrated in the accompanying-drawings a preferred embodiment of myinvention. In these drawings, Fig. 1 is a iectanguler piece of fabricfrom .which the device is constructed; Figs. 2 and 3 illustratesuccessive steps in the construction of a preferred form thereof; Fig. 4is a diagrammatic section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 and Figs. 5 and 6are face views showing'inner and outer layers of the completed devicewhen made as in the illustrated example.

The material from which the device is constructed comprises spacedcotton threads 10 running in-one direction and spaced metal-containingthreads 11 running in a transverse direction, said threads 10 and 11being woven together to form a relatively open Weave or open meshfabric. The metal may be combined with the threads 11 in any convenientmanner as for instance by spiralli Winding strips of metal about thesame as s own; in some cases the threads 11 may be composed entirely ofmetal.

When completed, the device comprises what may be termed a pocket of suchsize as to accommodate the fingers of the user, but of'less depth thanthe distance between the finger-tips and the knuckles on the back of thehand. The device is preferably of tapering form, that is with the sideedges converging toward one end and is of sufficient textural density toprevent contact between the fingers and the object to be scoured; thusas shown the device may be of triangular shape, it being understoodhowever that this is only representative of equivalent forms.

When constructed, as in the illustrated example, a rectangular piece ofthe fabric, such as shown, for instance in Fig. 1, is folded along adiagonal 12'of the rectangle, into the triangle 13 shown in Fig. 2. Thistriangular folded fabric is then folded upon itself on the line 14 toform another triangle 15 of half the size of the first triangle, asshown in Fig. 3. One set of contacting edges, for instance the edges 16,are then sewed. or otherwise secured together, while the connectingedges 17 are left free and open to permit the fingers to be insertedinto the resulting pocket 18. With the described arrangement the deviceconsists of two sets of double layers of fabric a and b lying one withinthe other to form a twoply device; it will be noted that themetalcontaining'threads 11 in one layer or ply run transversely and atapproximately right angles tothe corresponding threads of the contiguouslayer as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. v This arrangement not only gives thedesired textural density but also disposes the threads, and moreparticularly the metal-containing threads 11, in the most etficientrelation.

It will, of course, be understood that, if

desired, the number of layers of material included in the pocket may beother than as shown in the illustrated example. The device isparticularly useful for scouring pots, pans and the like and by fittingover the finger-ends alone insures a freedom of action and flexibilitywhich enables the user to reach all parts of the article being scoured,with a minimum of effort, so that the scouring action is positive andefficient.

Various changes in the specific form illustrated and described may bemade within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

I claim:

1. A scouring device composed of metal containing fabric comprisingouter layers of such fabric of suflicient combined textural density toprevent contact between the.

gers between adjacent layers of the two sets.

3. A scouring device made by folding a rectangular piece ofmetal-containing fabric first along a diagonal of the rectangle intotriangular shape, then folding the resulting triangle to form anothertriangle of half the size of the first triangle, and then sewing one setof contacting edges together, but leaving the other set of edges open toform a pocket for the insertion of the users fingers.

4;. A scouring device made of a rectangular piece of fabric havingspaced metal-containing threads in one direction and spaced cottonthreads in .the other direction, said piece of fabric being folded intoa plurality of layers in such a way that the metal-covered threads of anouter layer and those of the adjacent inner layer cross each other, saidlayers being connected along a plurality of edges and disconnected alonganother edge to provide a pocket adjacent to said second-named layer forthe insertion of the users fingers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

RUSSELL B. KIN-GMAN.

